Risk Manager Vacancy at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.
Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

Job Title: Risk ManagerLocation: Lagos Job Description
The Risk Manager is responsible for partnering with the business leadership team to ensure the strategic vision of IHS is developed with consideration for the risks involved, and proactively manage the risk/reward equation.
IHS Towers prescribes to an enterprise-wide risk management view of risk, and hence, the scope of the risks assessed encompasses any event that could cause deviation from the stated strategic objectives of the organization.
The Risk Manager’s responsibility also includes ensuring the Risk and Control Framework (CF1) is effectively deployed and that planned actions (to mitigate risk) are effectively implemented.
The incumbent must be able to manage challenges arising from prioritizing other assigned projects.

Liaise with risk champions in all IHS markets on risk status and feedback basis of compliance or non-compliance

Ensure accurate updates of risk items identified on risk management system are effected

Facilitate risk assessments, evaluation of risks, and mitigation of risks and ownership in IHS Towers

Co-ordinate and ensure the identification, consolidation and reports on anomalies, common and future potential risks

Report identified risks and the status of risk mitigation actions back to senior executives

Implement strategies for the roll-out of Risk Management Process in alignment with the Group Risk and Control Framework (CF1)

Implement and ensure continuous improvements to risk management framework in alignment with group strategy.

Responsible for increasing risk awareness throughout the organization

Responsible for the implementation of risk policies, procedures and standards

Work with the Group Director, Audit & Risk to ensure the organization proactively determines which risks it will accept and retain, and hence actively manage.

Assist the Group Director, Audit & Risk in ensuring the risk management framework is pervasive across all of the internal control structures across IHS Towers (e.g., legal, compliance, financial controllership, corporate audit).

Provide timely and comprehensive feedback to the Group Director, Audit & Risk on the implementation of assigned engagements